[djopierce]

Hi all, my father has taken a very bad turn after his first round of Vidaza. He seemed to take the treatment without much side effects. However, last week, he got a very high fever and we took him to the e/r. I am so worried, they don't know where the infection is for sure, although he has a cough and sinus congestion, no pneumonia though. After a week on strong antibiotics, he still has a slight fever so was switched to a couple of different ones today. He has received 2 transfusions and platelets twice in a week as well. Even after a shot to help his WBC, they are still below 1. They climbed to 2.2 one day, then dropped again. His platelets were 4 before they gave him some yesterday. He is still in hospital and getting very weak, he can't eat because of nausea, even after getting meds for it. I am very scared, is this a common thing after 1st round of Vidaza? Can I still hope he will start to get better, because he has given up and I can't stand it! Doctor says he could get better or he could succumb to the infection, they just don't know right now.